Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-10
FACT AND FANCY.

IN Utah yearling steers are worth sl4
head.
Ripe cherries are in the markets OF southern
California.
A jewelers. exchange viii be opeaed l., New
York Jnly1.
Buddhism is becoming fashionable as a RE-
llglon In Boston.
Pennsylvania legislators are paid s.lary
instead If per diem.
Three thousand tons Of ice was melted by a |
recent fire in Baltimore, Md.
Portland Or gon, carpenters are striking for |
nine hours work instead Of ten
The next republican state convention o; |
Ohio is to be held at Toledo, July q.
Sixty-fve tons of steel rails are turned OFT |
/ daily ut the roler-mills in Columbia, Pa
The Mexcans are using electricity to light
up the ainpnitheaters for their bull-fights.
1t is thought that York state will derive
100000 this year from the celebrated in
hertance tax.
There are eight thousand Piute Indians in
stead of four Thousand, as has been paragraph
ed by numerous exchanges, according to the
chief of that interesting tribe.
The Hartford Religious Herald says an old
''When, o Lord, the clouds of the valley shall
fall on this dilapidated FORM
Vegetables are arriving from the south at
northern markets. One Charleston steamer
brought 4.00O quarts OF Strawberries, marrow.
fat peas, cabbage, and other vegetables.
Gen. John Stark, of Revolutionary fame, is
about to have a monument erected in his
memory, the town of Manchester, n. H.. hav
lobster firm at Roclsand, Me-, shipped
from the LIST Of October to March 26, $500 bar
rels of Holsters to New York dealers. The
Holsters, 247, 500 in number, were valued a.
$39,60J
Sawdust only is used by an Oregon Touring
mil in the generation OF steam 1t would
cost 100 day to feed the the furnaces OF the
mill with coal, while with sawdust it costs
only $50 day
Two or three nights ago a white deacon in
Chatham county, South Carolina, set steel
trap In his corn crib, and upon visiting it in
the morning found colored deacon with four
fingers in the trap.
wonderful parrot is owned By citizen of
New Windsor, N. Y. The bird is about 6
years old, and its powers of speech are really
wonderful. 1t sings six or eight songs, pro-
Iouncing the Words aud carrying the tune
correctly.
The Benedietine sisters OF CHARITY oil New
ark, n. j., have purchased 7G0 acres OF land
belonging to Allen Tho .idyke Rice, editor Of
The North Americau Rsgiee, known az ''tlie
plains,'' and situated in Caroline county, near
Greensboro, Md. The property viii bc used
for female academy and nannary.
To be a thoroughly English American
gentleman one must not content himself with
one summer cottage. lie must own three or
four, one IN Inc mountains anotnef at Tue
seashore' anu ahother Il. MS i1'ni' l4' ''' +,
move ACCORDING 10 MS iancS' however an'.
can oeeup' the n''use ""'e' LII ''''''
seasonao!e'
well known retail merchant was IN bad
humor one Monday morning. \ friend SAID
to him. "Charley, am afraid the preach ~
yesterday did not do you much good" III
did not" was the answer. My pastor
preached against the ZONES ct iaShiona'i9
ureSs, anu must vi 'ne i"uiee VI '+'7 ="
ton are my customers
"Janes, " said the milkman to lis new bov
"d'ye see what Pm a-doin of!'' Yes sir
replied james, you're iourln' alter in tue
milk" mo, Pm not, Jamt'; I'm a-pourin
milk in the water. So ii anveody asks YOU
if put water in my milk you tell EN- 10
Alters stick to the truth, James; ehchtin /
BAD 'nouSh' Out YIN Is WIS
Y The "beauiiful' Indian maiden, thinks
5 writer to The Phddd tphia Press, Is general,
, big, fat, dirty looking creature visa 4
blanket around her that comes to her i:ner >
bare headed, with moccaslns on thai S.'
, generally pulls oil when they are worn o"1
The blanket is fastened at the neck aud ais
with belt at the waist One thing the
have, the most beautiful, pearl looking teeth
|. happened in New Haven, The Coag3egG
tic ialiSt SAYS, on Easter Sunday An oid ild
!, watched the services through with breathIes
interest, and theui turning TO stranger
/ SAID: The choir did well, didn't thry!
'Excellently," was the reply; whereat in
D.. faithful observer OF the proceedings remark
=, ed dramatically: "Therc was 50 net II
that ey'd break down" Niil uhregeht'"l
worldlings be betting next on min stefs'
/ 1t is said that a tiz.n of augusta Gu,
t dreamed the other night that he was sianIu
k at the grave OF his father, WHO lYed III Il ai'
tant city and whom he had not seen loF year.
. On the following night the dream was icpea'
. cd Early the next morning he went 10 VI
II telegraph Once 10 Sehu "lSl'aich hoHe' ou
I before he had hled OUT the n!Hhk inc ope''
d tor handed him message announcing INA
y his father had died sud ieni5 the nI=h oeto''
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